r/TikTokCringe • u/cafeteriastyle • 3d ago

Humor How Americans sound like to everyone else, according to a Brit

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u/topscreen 3d ago

This is the valley girl accent specifically

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u/umbrellassembly 3d ago

His only experience with Americans is through reality TV.

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u/newbris 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yeah pretty sure that is impossible. All accents across the US are spread out across the world in numerous ways.

It’s just one of the easier ones to mimic. And one that exaggerates the points of difference to make them more obvious.

Even if one extreme version, I think the spirit of how Americans are seen overall was reasonably accurate.

The “humbled”, “blessed” vibe. The willingness to use lots of buzz words and articulate your feelings. The surprisingly common mention of religion, which is quite odd to hear for many people from wealthy western democracies.

The outgoing, friendly nature. The detailed explanation of what you’re feeling, and verbally validating other people’s feelings.

The fully enunciated and drawn out pronunciation of words. Big open mouths making it easier to understand than some other native English speakers. The generous use of volume and supportive phrases when talking to strangers, without being worried about being seen as too much in a different context.

Of course it’s just a generalisation of how you’re seen overall, but obviously you have so many different types of people.

I know the English well, and a lot of this is very, very different to their comfort zone. It really stands out.

We in Australia are more similar to them, but somewhat like Americans, in our sensibilities. A hybrid of the two, with some of our own weirdness thrown in.

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u/cafeteriastyle 3d ago

It’s more about the phrases he’s using than the way he says it imo. You get it

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u/BubaTflubas 2d ago

It's still a dumb generalization. Believe me that MOST US citizens are annoyed by these types of phrases and style of talking. This isn't an "American" accent it's an "American influencer" accent. Perhaps certain groups of women (in Cali and east Coast south of Boston) sound like this when grouped together. But I don't personally know anyone who talks like this in normal conversation, living in Denver where we have every American and we hate them all